Assisted dying campaigners hope to make 2024 ‘tipping point’ for UK legislation

Renewed debate over issue follows Observer's publication of impassioned plea for legalisation by actor Diana Rigg recorded before her death

Campaigners for an assisted dying law are hoping to make 2024 a turning point in the public debate about the measure in the UK, amid a flurry of attempts to change the law across the British Isles.

Efforts to create new rights for terminally ill people to seek assistance in ending their lives are due to take place in the Isle of Man and Jersey in the new year, with a bill also being debated in Scotland.